Fumio Kishida Archives - Tokyo Review

Abe’s 2018 Cabinet Reshuffle, Explained (Part II)

Part I of this series examined the changes made in the four LDP Leadership and 19 cabinet postings. This article offers broader...

Newly re-elected LDP leader Shinzo Abe reshuffles his cabinet - what do the new appointments say about the direction of Japan's government?

This article is the final part of a three-part series on Tokyo Review. Part I covered the political calendar from September 2018...

Shinzo Abe looks guaranteed to win a third term as LDP president - but what comes next? What political events will shape...

Fumio Kishida was long assumed to be Shinzo Abe's heir as prime minister - but now faces a conundrum over whether to...

With a debate over controversial casino legislation and an LDP presidential election looming, Summer 2018 is set to be a busy one...

Japan has no national elections scheduled in 2018, but there is one highly consequential vote on the calendar – the LDP’s internal...

The following is part two of our preview of the LDP’s political landscape in 2018. Today we look ahead to the LDP’s...

Support for the government may be falling, but the shock resignation of the Democratic Party's top leadership shows that the crisis in...